
An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
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It's a sad, but not only sad game. Something unique.
Absolutamente desgarrador, un tributo hermoso. Es poesía, de esa que te tatúas en el alma al terminar. Es una experiencia conmovedora y cruel. El sentimiento, la música, las voces, el amor puesto en este proyecto, inefable. Lo peor es sin duda el hecho de que es un juego, las limitaciones técnicas y los bugs ocasionales que pueden romper el clima de la escena. Es breve, conciso y duro, un point & click narrativo que no cuenta, transmite. Me ha encantado, una muestra perfecta sobre cómo los videojuegos pueden ser un medio de expresión artística completamente adecuado, inmersivo e incluso superior en algunos casos.
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Hours played at review time, across 52 reviews with recorded playtime.
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having babies of my own really changed my perspective going into this game for myself. i watched markiplier play it a couple years ago and it did not hit me the same way it did years later now that im older and can actually put myself into the shoes of the dad in the game. i wish nobody ever has to face this type of grief and pain no matter who you are and what you do. babies are pure and they deserve more than the world can offer.
No son muchos los juegos que son capaces de hacerme llorar y romperme, pero este lo hizo, me partio el alma, tenia que pausar el juego varias veces para intentar contener mis lagrimas, yo no seria capas de pasar por toda la situacion que el dev paso junto a su familia, en paz descanse Joel
癌症似龙:2016TGA获奖作品,令人长叹,生命脆弱。 1:无中文,无卡,无成就。 2:慢慢玩2小时左右通关。 3:说是游戏,更像记录片。创作者(父亲),以游戏的形式记录小儿子抗癌的过程。内容和配音,都取自真实。不同于电影,游戏能更多展现内心的想法,结局感慨而泪目。 4:没啥游戏性,不喜欢此类叙述游戏的可以跳过。 ps.英文不好的,建议看视频吧,会缺少代入感,游戏应该不会打折和更新中文了。
10/10: The most emotionally powerful game I've ever played - and likely ever will That Dragon, Cancer is an autobiographical narrative adventure that tells the real story of Ryan and Amy Green and their young son Joel during his battle with terminal cancer, told through intimate, interactive vignettes about hope, grief, faith, and love. It's the only game that has ever truly brought me to tears, and I don't expect anything else to ever match it - it isn't sad for the sake of being sad, but honest, raw, and deeply human, with a weight that only a real family's story could carry. Beyond the emotion, it's beautifully designed, using interactivity to put you inside these moments in a way only a video game could. It's also just the right length, saying exactly what it needs to say and then letting you sit with it. Overall it's a masterpiece and the best emotional experience I've ever had with a game - not an easy play, and not meant to be, but one of the most meaningful things I've ever experienced in this medium.
PROS + Powerful use of interactivity to convey helplessness. + Emotionally intimate and personal storytelling. + Real voice recordings add authenticity. + Strong themes of hope, faith, love, loss, and acceptance. + Memorable and imaginative presentation. CONS - Extremely simple gameplay might not appeal to everyone. - Very short runtime. - Some symbolism can feel overly abstract. - Not every scene carries the same emotional impact. VERDICT That Dragon, Cancer is less about giving the player something to overcome and more about making them experience something they cannot change. Its interactivity makes that helplessness feel surprisingly personal, while the real recordings and intimate storytelling make the experience difficult to forget. It's also one of those games that shows how powerful games can be as a storytelling medium, using interactivity to communicate emotions in a way that other mediums might struggle to replicate. It isn't an easy game to play, but it's a deeply human experience that stayed with me long after it ended. 3.5/5
Real. Raw. Exactly what you'd expect. If you've dealt with similar themes in the real world this will hit you hard.
is somebody chopping onions? Christ, this game broke me..
I know it's hard to have one lasting memory for a person, and I know this isn't the only memory of Joel but this is a beautiful one, it will leave you in tears and for me it really helped me visit some emotions with some of my loved ones that I never got to fully process. Beautiful game with a somber story.
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